We’re pleased to announce that from 2nd July Choice TV will be available on Freeview Satellite (DTH) to 100% of New Zealand, on Channel 12.

Choice TV is currently available on Channel 12 on Freeview HD (by UHF aerial). It is available to all households with either a Freeview box or a Freeview capable TV in those areas of the country that are covered by Kordia and JDA transmitters. It is also available on Tivo and TelstraClear Cable in Wellington, Kapiti Coast and Christchurch.

SKY

Choice TV is also now available to viewers on TelstraClear Cable’s T-Box pay (SKY) package in Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch, on Channel 78.

And from 1st September, Choice TV will be available as part of SKY’s basic package on Channel 78.

NZ On Air is pleased to announce funding for Media 3 (formerly Media 7).

The Top Shelf-produced programme examining local media will move to TV3 on Saturday mornings in August with an encore screening late on Sunday evenings. It will also be available on-demand at tv3.co.nz.

“We are thrilled to support this excellent programme” says NZ On Air Chief Executive Jane Wrightson. “Host Russell Brown and the team already enjoy a dedicated following and we are delighted that TV3 has chosen to extend their schedules even further by adding this series”.

“We are really pleased to be adding Media 3 to the TV3 line-up,” says MediaWorks TV Acting Director of Programming Mark Caulton. “It is an ideal addition to the thought-provoking programming we have developed for our weekend schedule, such as The Nation, Three60 and Think Tank.”